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Sunday at the Village Vanguard |  | Artist: Bill Evans
Label: Ojc
Category: Music
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 14206
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 025218614023
EAN: 0025218614023
ASIN: B000000Y87
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Gloria's Step (Take 2) | | • | Gloria's Step (Take 3) | | • | My Man's Gone Now | | • | Solar | | • | Alice In Wonderland (Take 2) | | • | Alice In Wonderland (Take 1) | | • | All Of You (Take 2) | | • | All Of You (Take 3) | | • | Jade Visions (Take 2) | | • | Jade Visions (Take 1) |
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Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 10-AUG-1990
Amazon.com essential recording
This live recording by the Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961, marked the end of one of the most sublime instrumental combinations in jazz history when bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident 10 days later. This unit is underdocumented because Evans, a notorious perfectionist, was reluctant to record. The interchange between Evans on piano, LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums is balletic in its balance of emotional beauty and technical precision. Multiple takes of "Gloria's Step," "Alice in Wonderland," "All of You," and "Jade Visions" show how the invention these players brought to each performance makes repeated material sound like movements in a suite. --John Swenson
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A classic recording March 22, 2010
J. Lapham (Sacramento, CA)
I had been hearing for years about Bill Evans' trio recordings and particularly about these sessions at the VV, and of course, like every one else I'd heard and admired his work with Miles on "Kind of Blue". Well, it was worth the wait. It sounded great from the first listening. A must for every jazz fan's library. One for my top twenty jazz list. If you don't have it, buy it, you won't regret it. A shame about the young bassist dying so soon after, he was destined for great things.
Wonderful live recording ! March 9, 2010
D. Triantafyllidis (Thessaloniki, Griechenland)
This is one of the best recordings I own (and I do own quite a few...)! I can't stop listening to this. Just great! The CD is AAD, so the original analog mix has been transfered to CD, which is my personal favorite process of doing the job regarding old recordings, if you don't mind some backround noise, which I find quite romantic... The music is fantastic and you get totally transfered into the live happening. Most certainly one of my top 10 CDs. Too bad it took me so long to discover it...
 Generously preserved July 31, 2009
IRate
Hallowed live recordings from a positively synergistic trio unfortunately plays out more in historical context from its scarcity of variety.
One of a kind Trio November 29, 2008
hateater
I , like many others, stumbled upon this album several years ago knot knowing what to expect. I was blown away at the near-telepathic interplay and virtuostic playing all around. I wanted to throw in my two cents here, having read that Paul Motain is kind of "in the background" for this album. I have to disagree. He uses only brushes the whole set, but he never misses a beat. Just listen to Alice in wonderland when he follows bill's improvised lines PERFECTLY and kicks back in to the 3/4 feel with ease. Glorias Step also has great examples of the interplay in the rhythm section. Also, I think that he didn't really "play out" because Scott was playing the role of rhythm and lead (somewhat), so steady hands on the traps were needed.
Anywhoo, if you are a Bill Evans fan, a rhythm junkie, a bassist, or just a casual listener looking to expand your library, this is a GREAT choice!
Evan's classic trio September 21, 2008
Dennis W. Wong
Anyone interested in the evolution of the jazz piano trio should purchase this album for it captures the great Bill Evans at the peak of his powers along with the late legendary bassist Scott LaFaro. Recorded in September of 1961 at the Village Vanguard, the trio's interplay is indeed telepathic but unfortunately several days later, Scott LaFaro would be tragically killed in an auto accident. Before I forget, let's not forget the contributions of drummer Paul Motian to this trio. At a time when many drummers would state the beat, Motian would imply it in his own way as Elvin Jones would in the famous Coltrane quartet. But this trio set the mode for other future trios to come since the bass also now had a voice rather than customarily maintaining a pulse. LaFaro's influence would spread to other heavyweights bassists such as Richard Davis, Gary Peacock, Eddie Gomez, Dave Holland and Miroslav Vituous, several of which who also played in Miles Davis' bands. This album along with the trios of Bud Powell on Blue Note & Verve should be added to any essential jazz lists of important trios.
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